After Hendriks threw one pitch to Miguel Cabrera, the umpires called for the tarp, setting the delay in motion. Hendriks said he kept warm walking around and working his arm, but he gave up a single to Cabrera after the delay and then the homer.
Bummer, coming off a hard-luck outing against the Blue Jays, “pitched like a champion,” manager Tony La Russa said.
“This is what the bullpen does when one guy falters a little bit,” Hendriks said. “We have the next guy in line to pick him up.”